Linear Time

Since you passed away,

I no longer live

In linear time.

I no longer see each day

The ordinary way,

Living each hour

From morning until night.

Since you passed away,

I'm often snatched from

The current hour

Snatched into the past

Where you were,

Back into that moment

When we can be

Face to face

And I'd behold your gaze

For as long as I could stay.

Since you passed away,

I sometimes move

Into the future

Where I see glimpses

Of what could have been,

You and me walking hand in hand,

In a different future

Where I never lost you

Where you were never gone.

Time is different for me now,

And I guess it would never

Be the same.

How could it be the same

When you have taken

Away my heart?

And thus I live

From day to day

From morning until night,

Moving back and forth through time,

Catching a glimpse of you

Beyond time

Beyond space

Beyond everything that keeps me

From going back to you.

The above poem is included in Jocelyn Soriano's book for those who grieve the loss of a loved one "Of Waves and Butterflies: Poems on Grief". Get it from Amazon today - click here.